Message from @aguyyouknow
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sure but he would have been convicted if the DNA testing had been a thing back than
there was a lot of other evidence, just slightly not enough
and Im sure they tested more than once before publishing that story
Ah, yeah that sucks
it definitely sucks when that kind of thing happens, but... I'll always hold to Blackstone's Ratio
"it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer"
There's no easy way to skin the cat that is the death penalty, that's why I'm undecided
if they didn't have sufficient evidence at the time, they didn't have sufficient evidence at the time. It's awful when that kind of thing happens, but...
@aguyyouknow so as long as the wrongful convictions are less than 10% you are okay with it?
...are you trying to be humorous?
no
honest
blackstones ratio
10:1
I dont understand it, even if the evidence is old, if you have new technologies that completely changes the value of the evidence is cant you treat it like new evidence? You definitely got new information out of it.
the idea behind it is the part that's important
I've never seen anyone literally take it as a 10:1 ratio
so it's like "forgive your brother not seven times but seventy-seven times?
the idea never to put an innocent person in jail even if that means letting criminals go
so the ratio is metaphorical
yes
it's just referred to as "blackstone's ratio" because william blackstone is the guy that coined the phrase
it could have said better 100 guilty men go free than 1 innocent man be punished
i know
I believe that's Benjamin Franklin's version of it
it's just not feasible as a policy
But it *is* what informs policy
I thought it was Blackstone's Formulation?
why not 1000 guilty men?
At least that's how Tim refers to it
yeah, I've heard both
why not a million
again, @Clive , you're taking it too literally
You sure Blackstone came up with that? I remember reading that Frederick the Great said something like that.
it's usually attributed to him, at least, @scaevola
if we can't take it literally then we can't take it seriously
it's all allegorical then it lacks weight
but i don't think it lacks weight
You guys are right